-Chapter 7: Boys, boys, boys-

"HOW COULD YOU SAID SUCH A THING LIKE THAT TO HER?!" Sango screamed at the top her lungs when she heard what happened with Inuyasha and Kagome. Inuyasha sat in the corner of Kaede's hut just listening to Sango yell at him, he's never really been scolded before, yeah Kagome's yelled at him for being or doing something stupid; but never like what Sango's doing now.

"You are so lucky that Kagome didn't purify your ass and just stung you a little bit!" She paced in a small circle and then turned back to Inuyasha, "You better be happy that I wasn't around then you would've had to worry about Kagome and Kouga because there would be no more you around!"

Sango looked like she was taking a breath from all her rants, Miroku then walked over and patted her on the shoulder, "Inuyasha what made you call Kagome such a derogatory name? I thought you had feelings for her."

Inuyasha stood up and pushed Sango out of the way to get to Miroku, "I do! But how can I when she goes and stays with that wolf shit, Kouga?"

"The same way that she still has feeling for you; when you go off and see Kikyou!" Shippo stated sitting on Miroku's shoulder. "Kagome cries so much when you leave to go see Kikyou and she's still by your side, despite how you or she feels about each other."

"Kagome knows I care a lot about her, and that I wouldn't intentionally hurt her feelings."

"Actions speak louder then words Inuyasha, and ye just showed Kagome that you don't care at all. Its so painful to watch as she cries through the tears and to see that false smile of her is also torturous..."

Inuyasha calmed down and actually listened to what his friends were saying, they were right. All those time he's left to go see Kikyou and Kagome still remind by his side.

She was truly a good friend to him.

'Now I know how she feels. I get it now. And it doesn't feel good.' Inuyasha brought his head up and started for the door.

"Where are you going now?"

Inuyasha stopped at the door and turned his head, "I'm going to go get Kagome and bring her back, where she belongs…" with that he took off.

The three friends just back at each other and signed, how sad they all were for lost loves.

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"Kagome?" Kagome turned around and noticed that her mother was standing in the doorway.

"Yeah mom?" She stood up from her bed, dropping the ice bag back on her bed; and walking back to her desk.

"You're friend Hojo is here, he wants to know if you're going to school today." Kagome was surprised; she hadn't seen or heard from Hojo in such a long time, almost like he had disappeared from the face of the Earth

'No that was probably me...' Kagome ended up going down stairs and meeting with Hojo, I mean what harm could he do. He wasn't an arrogant half demon or a pushy wolf. A quick visit wouldn't kill her. When Kagome got downstairs, he was looking around her house, with his hands behind his back.

Hojo had just got a job to pay off all the stuff from his family's store that he had always given to Kagome for her "illnesses"; when his tab got to big his parent made him do double shifts here and there until he paid it off.

All of Kagome's friends and half the student body at their school knew that Hojo had a huge crush on Kagome; everyone, expect Kagome. It was more a lust/love thing, he was still young to be in love with a girl, but all he knew that he'd doing everything he could to make Kagome the happiest girl in the world. "I almost forgot that you've never been inside my house." Kagome said wrapping her arms around her body. Hojo was standing by the kitchen table looking at the wall with all her family's pictures on it.

Hojo turned and watched Kagome come the last few steps of her house, her skirt was swaying back and forth against her smooth legs, her arms around her waist that made her beast just pop and bounce with every step she took.

She was truly hot.

Every time that he came by to give her something for her "illness" her grandfather would answer the door and tell him that she wasn't feeling well and that he'll catch whatever it was that she had if he ever went inside. "Yeah I was just looking at all your picture of you when you were young, you're still cute." He finished as Kagome took her place next to him.

Kagome looked at Hojo nervously; did he just call her cute?

"Um thanks" 'If Kouga would've said that I would've been all over him...' It's not like Kagome didn't like Hojo, he was a "very nice boy", as her mother would often say. Before she went to the feudal era and met Inuyasha she was trying to so hard to maybe even date this boy but there was also something about him that she couldn't wrap around her head.

Maybe it was the fact that he was the most popular boy in her grade and all the girls wanted to be with him, or maybe that fact he was just too nice and that was fine, but he wasn't...

"Kouga…"

"Did you say something?" Hojo asked looking down at Kagome.

"Oh no nothing important, so, want did you come by for?"

Hojo reached into his bag and pulled out some papers, and handed them to Kagome.

"What are these?" she asked taking them from Hojo.

"Its homework from homeroom; I was just going to drop them off, but your mom told me you were here. Since it seemed safe I thought why not just ask if you want to come to school with me tomorrow."

Kagome wasn't so shocked this time, I mean, besides wanting to come see her what other reason would he have to come over. Kagome wasn't really sure if she did want to go to school tomorrow; she was sure by now Inuyasha was probably on her way to get her, and didn't want to risk be with another threat to him. This thing with Inuyasha was still bothering her and now this new thing that happened with Kouga earlier; she was feeling overwhelmed.

"I don't know Hojo, I still don't really feel well." She answered rubbing her arms up and down

"I figured as much, that's why I brought you this!" Hojo reached in his bag and pulled out a small bottle and handed it to Kagome. She had hoped that it wasn't frogs or newts mixed in it, she opened the bottle and took a small whiff, it didn't smell bad. "What is it?"

"Its Dayquil; the stay awake non drowsy kind. We just got a whole shipment from America. Now you have no reason to stay at home."

'This guy is crazy! Not only did he come over to see if I was really sick or not but he brought me medicine to make sure that I went to school school with him?!'

"Hojo, it's not medical "I don't feel well", its emotional "I don't feel well." So I don't know if I'll want to go tomorrow, but thanks." Kagome handed Hojo the bottle and walked him to the door. Before Hojo stepped out he turned back to Kagome,

"Kagome whatever is going on with you, you know you can talk to me about anything. What are friends for?"

"Yeah, maybe you're right.." Kagome figured that since she was stuck here for a few days and Sango couldn't get through the well that it maybe best to talk to someone her own age. All her girl friends were still at school anyway. "Well it all happened a few days ago…"

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"'Do on to others, as they do on to you' Yeah thanks mom. I can't believe I did that to Kagome and she got me back. How could I be so stupid not to know, well I did noticed but I never thought that she'd do something like that." Inuyasha was once again arguing with himself about how Kagome apparently got him back for leaving to go see Kikyou oh so many times, by leaving to go be with Kouga.

'Really? You honestly think she would never do something like that. She's from a different time and you don't think she's capable of deception?"

"The only one that was being deceitful was me. I knew that I was hurting Kagome and I stupidly kept going to see Kikyou anyway."

"That's different, Kikyo is an old friend, a woman that you've knew for ages, and that you were involved with. Kouga was someone Kagome had just met and proclaimed his love for her."

Inuyasha stopped hoping trees right at the edge of the forest and shook his head, "You're wrong! Kagome is a good girl and I know that she wouldn't do anything to betray me!"

'Are you sure, after all you've done it so many times in the past. And payback's a bitch.' Inuyasha's inner demon silence himself for awhile, before Inuyasha started to walk towards the well when he noticed three figures next to it.

"What are you talking about Kouga's not here?!"

"It's like we told you before Ayame, Kouga was here saw Kagome and went back to the mountains." Answered Ginta

'What?' Inuyasha thought listening closer. 'Kagome's been gone since last night, how-

"If you're lying you two will suffer the same fate as he; and I doubt you'll enjoy your balls being chopped off." Before Ginta and Hakkaku had a chance to blink before Ayame was gone.

"Do you think Kouga will be mad?"

"No way, after the way he came back from seeing Kagome, there's no way he'll ever be pissed off again!" That's all what was said when the wolfves ran off.

'Kouga saw Kagome? What the fuck does that mean?' Inuyasha came from out of his hiding place and walked over to the well, he took a deep breath and the smell of Kouga filled his nostril. 'That fucking piece of shit bastard, he wouldn't! I'll kill him!'

Inuyasha jumped in the well and got transported to the modern era; he was going to give Kagome the biggest lecture she's ever had. Bigger and louder then when Sango was yelling at him earlier.

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"So this guy that you have feelings for likes someone else and this new guy loves you, no question?"

"Yes and now I don't know who I want to be with: the guy I love or the one that loves me." Kagome had been sitting outside on the porch talking about Inuyasha and Kouga in "code" to Hojo, he was doing his best to try and understand. Inuyasha was her mad bad suitor; who was still hang up on his ex girlfriend, after they broke up because she cheated on him. Kouga was this boxer that was going to be the first in his family to go to college on a scholarship. They had both pretty much forgotten about going to school, seeing as they had spent most of their time outside talking and it was getting dark. Kagome stood up and walked forward and shook her head, "I wish relationships weren't so hard."

Hojo got up and brushed himself off, walked over to Kagome and turned her around, "The heart knows what it wants."

"But I don't know what it wants. Sometimes I feel that I want to be with the bad boy; because he really does care for me, but sometimes when he goes to see her he seems to forget about me!"

"Life is hard Kagome and the best way to get through it is to be happy and hope for the best," Hojo reached for Kagome's chin and lifted her head up to look at him, "Because in the end things will better."

Kagome was so confused about what to do about the demons in her life, but somehow Hojo made her feel better.

"Thanks a lot Hojo, you really are a great friend." Kagome gave Hojo a hug and he hugged her back. While they were still in their embrace Kagome felt something behind them. 'Kouga?' She then quickly let go of Hojo. Kagome looked around the court yard again, "Could Kouga be back already? Probably wanted to pick up from where we left off"

"What's the matter Kagome?"

Kagome jerked back and smiled at Hojo, "Nothing I thought I heard my grandpa calling me; um don't you have to get going?" She grabbed his arm and started to drag him towards the stairs.

Hojo looked at his watch, "OH yeah you're right, I'm going to be late for work." Hojo then flew past Kagome to the shrine stairs. "Bye Kagome, We'll talk more later!"

Kagome waved good-bye and waited before he was out of sight before she ran in the house herself. Kagome dodged and weaved around her house's furniture, but got stopped by her mom.

"Kagome, dinner will be ready in a few minutes."

"Thanks mom, I'm not hungry right now." Kagome politely bowed and moved her mom out the way and continued for upstairs. Kagome busted through her door and looked around. She looked under her bed, and in her closet but no one was there, "I know I felt someone…"

"Someone like whom, Kagome? Kouga?"

Kagome turned around and saw Inuyasha slowly closing her bed room door from which he was just hiding behind. "Inuyasha!"

-Men Are From Mars-Women Are From Hell-Men Are From Mars-Women Are From Hell-

Ayame was pissed, super pissed. How dare Kouga go see that conniving little bitch and not tell her about it! Then he leaves his two dumbass friends to explain it to her, how dare he? Ayame was running through the forest going towards the mountains to find Kouga and give her a piece of her mind; she stopped short of a river and calmed herself down.

"Maybe once I can see the jewel shards, he will love me and only me…"

'Ayame?'

A deep baritone voice had entered her head; and interrupted her thoughts, "Yes, Naraku?"

'Have you disposed of that girl yet?'

"N-no, she's escaped and I can't smell her anywhere."

'What of Inuyasha, have you found him yet?'

"No he's gone too. I went by to see if he had seen Kouga and his friends said that he had run off again." Naraku was getting really impatient with her, this little girl was more trouble then she's worth.

Sitting alone, in a dark paper room with a tea cup of sake and a paper doll in his hand; Naraku lifted the doll to his face and began to speak again. "If you cannot do your job correctly then I have another task for you. Find a woman named Kikyou, she has information about Kagome and Inuyasha that we can use to our advantage. Get her to tell you everything, by any means necessary."

'Yes, Naraku.'

Naraku put the paper doll back on the floor and grabbed his cup of sake; then he spoke again, "Kagura…"

The petite woman was sitting on the floor in a corner of the room staring out of the door, that leads outside. She was being held against her will and she would do anything to free. Admiring the sunset, wishing one day that she might be able to fly where ever she wanted, to not come back.

Naraku turned his eyes the direction Kagura was sitting and spoke again,

"Kagura!"

She seemed to snap out of her trace and responded, "What?"

"I want you to go and watch Ayame and make sure she doesn't fuck up again."

Kagura stood up and pulled out one of her feathers that she keeps in her hair, "Can't you just send the Saimyshos out to watch her?"

"They can only be my eyes; I need you to be my ears as well…" Kagura walked outside and through her feather in the air, it inflated and floated back down in front of her,

"You make it sound like it's so easy, but whatever. I'll go." Kagura stepped slowly on top of her feather and was about to take off when,

"Kagura…"

"What?" she asked not turning to face Naraku's. He held his hand open and slowly began to close it and as his fingers started to come together he seemed to be squeezing something. He turned his eyes again to see Kagura groaning and holding her chest.

Naraku got up from where he was sitting and walked over to Kagura, still holding his hand out. He got in her face, "As long as I still have this, you will do as I say. Do not question me again." Naraku released his hand and Kagura was getting her breaths back, she watched as her master disappeared,

"Whatever you say…"

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Today had to be the best day ever and there was no way any other day was going to top this one! Not only did Kouga travel through time, but he got see where Kagome lived. He even went as far as to gotten very intimate with her, in her den. Kouga was walking through the forest, happy as a clam, with his hands behind his head and a huge smile on his face.

"Kagome…" Just thinking about her under him before made his member twitch.

"Wow Kouga, you must've had a really great time when you were with Kagome, huh?" asked Ginta

"Yea…" Kouga replied in a dreamy way. He was paying attention; he was still thinking about Kagome. Her face, her lips, her scent, her everything…" Hakkaku and Ginta had found Kouga shortly after they had that encounter with Ayame. At first they were hesitate to tell him that she showed up looking for him, but he was so dazed Kouga probably wouldn't bat an eyelash.

"I don't think he did, look at that big bump on his head." Hakkaku pointed out.

"He must've surprised Kagome when he got there, that's the size of my fist!" Ginta responded back

"Hey shut up, what I did with Kagome is none of your business. Let's just say we both had a good time that's going to leave a longing impression." Kouga had to laugh, there was no way that he was going to forget what happened.

The wolves were continuing to walk when the sidekicks heard something; who was still not paying attention, kept walking forward towards the noise. "Um Kouga…?" Hakkaku questioned. Kouga was still was walking forward, until he heard the noise too.

"Yeah, I heard it…" They were not from the area nor did they know what they were up against. Kouga stopped and got into a defense stand, they all got quite. Listening and preparing for a fight, patiently waiting for something to happen. Kouga looked ahead towards the trees, deeper into the forest and he saw a figure of a person, "Prepare yourself, we might be in for a fight."

Ginta and Hakkaku backed away slowly, ready to back up Kouga if he needed it. The footsteps got closer and a young woman came out of the trees. Kouga, Ginta and Hakkaku all relaxed when they realized she was no threat.

"Oh it's just a woman." This "woman" looked up to see she was surrounded by wolf demons, that was unusual for this area of the forest.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? What do you want?" She asked forcefully, from behind her she pulled out an arrow and bow.

"Oh it's that woman, Mutt Face is all gaga over. Kinu, Kouky, Kinky? I don't know."

Ginta whispered to Hakkaku, "I can see why, she looks an awful lot like Kagome. She dressed like a priestess, but she had soul collectors surrounding her body."

Hakkaku whispered back, "This woman is creepy; but I don't feel any evil demonic aura from her.

Kikyou stepped forward with an angry look on her face, she didn't know these wolves nor did she care about them, but how dare he disrespect her like that. She readies her bow, "What is it that you want? I am warning you, leave this place. I am not one for whom to disrespect." that outburst made her soul collectors fly away.

Kouga was alarmed, he hadn't done anything to this crazy ass woman and here she was pointing an arrow at him. Besides what his companion said, this bitch reminded him nothing of Kagome, Kouga brushed his hair away, straighten up, and started to walk towards her.

Kikyou was shocked, all demons thought that they could defeat her because she was a woman. She pulled the arrow back further as Kouga got closer; with her eyes squinted, she let the arrow fly. Kikyou looked and the demon had stopped in his place, and everything was quiet.

Kouga himself looked shocked then behind him, that arrow she had shot past him, barley grazing his face and hit the tree that Hakkaku and Ginta was standing in front of. When he turned back the crazy woman had another arrow ready. "My name is Kikyou and that next one won't miss."

He stepped back and rushed Kikyou, he grabbed her wrist and made her drop the bow, he twisted her arm and pinned her against a tree. The struggling also made the arrows on her back fall to the ground as well. "My name is Kouga of the wolf demon tribe and no one shoots an arrow at me no more than once. Even if you do look like my lover"

Kikyou struggled to get free but this demon was far too strong, "How dare you! Release me!"

"Calm down, lady! I'm not going to hurt you!"

With her free hand Kikyou elbowed Kouga in the stomach, as he fell back she rolled on the ground and grabbed her arrow and readied it again. When Kouga recovered, he noticed that she was aiming towards him and dodged out of the way.

Kikyou crawled towards her arrows and pointed one more, but no one was there. Kikyou stood still with her arrow ready, when she felt no more danger then she dropped her arms. A single soul collector came and dropped a ball of light on her shoulder and slowly more started to appear. Her soul collectors came back with balls of light and started swirling around as previously.

Kikyou began to walk again, before she disappeared back into the forest she looked behind her once again

"Kouga…"

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It was sun down and neither Inuyasha nor Kagome were back from Kagome's time, back home here with them. Sango was getting worried, She looked towards the setting sun one more time before the went inside that hut with the final load of laundry. Shippo, Kilala and Miroku saw the angst in her eyes and tried to help. When Sango sat down to put the clothes away, Shippo hopped on her shoulders, Kilala laid down in her lap, and Miroku sat down very close to her side.

"Why don't you take a nice relaxing bath in the spring, Sango? I bet the hot water will help you feel better." Shippo suggested.

"Yes Sango, Shippo is right. A nice hot bath might clam your nerves and settled your mind about Kagome. We know you miss her, we all do, but you can't beat you're self up about it. It wasn't your fault."

Miroku then got up and went to pour Sango a cup of sake, he walked back over and handed it to her. Sango grabbed the cup and took a sip, "You're right Miroku, its Inuyasha's fault, he's always doing something stupid or mean to Kagome."

"Yes that's true, but what can you do, he's an idiot! He's rude, disrespectful, and completely utterly mean!" Shippo's hair started to get ruffled as he ranted about Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha can't help how he is or how he acts. You know just as well I as I do what he's been through. I know that Inuyasha is cold and heartless but he's not. He consistently fighting with himself about what part of him is going to take over, while at the same time fighting over two great loves. Does he be with the one that loves him or be with the one he loves?"

Sango did agree, Inuyasha wasn't all bad and he did take good care of Kagome and the rest of us for that matter. Shippo was also right and that a hot bath might make her feel better but she wasn't so sure that she wanted to take one with Miroku around, he might want to "check up on her"

"Maybe you're right, I should go relax. I mean, no matter whom Kagome is with I'm sure he's keeping her safe. I will go take a bath now."

Sango got up along with Kilala and walked over to her things in the corner to get her bath supplies. She grabbed her face rag and large bath towel and a few things that Kagome had brought her from her time. "Kagome…"

"Come on Sango, I'll walk you there!" Shippo shouted chiming her out of her trance.

Sango got up again and walked over to the door, "No thanks Shippo, Kilala will walk me down there." Sango squatted down and hugged Shippo close.

"I need you here to watch Miroku, you know about his wondering eyes." She whispered to him.

"Right! I'll keep an eye on him, don't worry you can count on me!" Shippo winked and made a defensive stance in front of the door as Sango was leaving.

"Why are you looking at me that way? I'm not going to do anything disrespectful to Sango, I want her to enjoy her bath just as much as you do." Miroku stated as he took a sip of sake, with rosy cheeks.

"Yeah right!" Shippo folded his arms and crossed his legs in a lotus position and sat down right in front of the bamboo door. Miroku looked back at his sake cup and continued to drink.

"Miroku…" Shippo asked.

"Yes Shippo?"

"What happens if Kagome and Inuyasha don't get back together and she ends up leaving with Kouga?"

"I don't know Shippo, I don't know."